inXile Entertainment showed its next big project, the first-person steampunk RPG Clockwork Revolution, with a new trailer at the Xbox Games Showcase 2025. The developers were also interviewed by the official Xbox Wire blog, revealing more details about the game. For instance, we learned that multi-person dialogues are very important in Clockwork Revolution, and the game will even include some ‘truly evil’ options during conversations.
Brian Fargo (inXile founder and producer on the game): It was important for us to speak directly to core roleplaying fans and show what this game really is. We slow things down for a moment, let the conversation breathe, and show the systems at work. That scene with Alfie isn’t just dramatic, it sets the tone. This is a game that can be brutal. Not just in combat, but in the choices you make and how the world responds. It’s not just about cinematics, it’s about the kind of deep, reactive RPG we love to build, and that our players expect.
Chad Moore (game director on Clockwork Revolution and programmer on the steampunk RPG classic Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magick Obscura): It also highlights our multi-person conversations. Some conversations will have multiple people involved, and who you choose to speak to can send you down different dialogue branches. This can wildly change where a conversation ends up going. In the case of the trailer, Morgan chose to speak to Errol instead of Alfie, despite obvious warnings, and that resulted in poor Errol’s death. So, if you choose to go down that path, Errol is then a character that won’t be in the rest of the game.
Brian Fargo: Conversations have meaningful consequences, and I think it’s worth mentioning we have truly evil conversation options. You see a few of those play out in the trailer. If you’re offering evil options, they need to actually pay off and have meaningful consequences in order for the good choices to feel good. Otherwise, you’re not truly playing the way you want to play.
Clockwork Revolution was first shown at the Xbox Games Showcase in 2023. At the time, the studio said it was in ‘early development’. Now, it’s saying that the game will launch in ‘due time’. Phil Spencer didn’t mention it among the games that will be part of the 2026 Xbox lineup, so there’s a chance it might launch even later. So far, the game is only confirmed for PC and Xbox Series S|X, but with Microsoft’s new multiplatform policy, it’s only a matter of time before it eventually reaches other consoles, too.
